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Agricultural School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the school. Caption reads: "Agricultural School, Wausau, Wis."
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Wausau Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View across intersection toward the Wausau Club House which has a wrap-around porch, and steps on two sides. There is a little girl standing on the sidewal...
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Wreckage Left by Flood

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River, showing the wreckage left by the disastrous flood of July 24, 1912. A power dam on the Wisconsin River above Waus...
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Third Street Parade

Date: 1910
Description: View looking South down Third Street near Scott. The street is filled with a large crowd, bikes and automobiles. Banners and flags are along the sidewalk i...
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Mount View Sanatorium (South Park)

Date: 1925
Description: View of Mount View Sanatorium (South Park) in Barden Hospital for tubercular patients. Caption reads: "Mount View Sanatorium (South Park.)" Poem below read...
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Wausau High School

Date: 1915
Description: View of the high school from the north side showing the Assembly Hall. Snow is on the ground, and a few people are standing among the small trees in front...
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Rothchild's Park Pavilion

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rothchild's Park Pavilion, Wausau, Wis." The Prairie School style stone building was built in 1911. Street car tracks can be seen on ...
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Telephone Building

Date: 06 22 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Telephone Bldg., Wausau, Wis." A stone building with a decorative parapet has three stories plus a lower level. Four men are standing...
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Below the High Bridge After the Flood

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th...
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Ski Tow on Rib Mountain

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Ski Tow on Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wis." On reverse: "Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, is a Winter Paradise boasting, among other ...
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Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest

Date: 1949
Description: Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w...
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Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u...

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